> ~/.gitconfig, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.vimrc > ~/.ssh/config > ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf, ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf None of those settings are going to be edit

> ~/.gitconfig, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.vimrc > ~/.ssh/config > ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf, ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf None of those settings are going to be edited by a non-technical human, even on Windows. OTOH, all of those are easier to edit in their respective files than via a registry hack.